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Police: 16-month-old 'lucky to be alive' after ingesting heroin in Upper Darby home

Police say the toddler was found laying on a bed surrounded by more than a dozen empty drug packets, with two of them appearing chewed.

Police say the toddler was found laying on a bed surrounded by more than a dozen empty drug packets, with two of them appearing chewed.

UPPER DARBY, Pa. (FOX 29) - A 16-month-old boy is recovering after ingesting drugs left behind in an Upper Darby home on the 7700 block of West Chester Pike, according to police.

“Both parents are opioid addicts. Both parents are heroin addicts. The father admits to shooting up five bags of fentanyl the night before," Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said Tuesday.

Chitwood says the father came home from work Monday evening to find Boyle and their toddler son laying on the bed, surrounded by more than a dozen empty drug packets. Two of them looked different.

"The father notices that the baby had chewed on some baggies — plastic bags — of the type used to package heroin and/or fentanyl," Chitwood said.

The baby was transferred to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after his parents rushed him to Delaware County Memorial Hospital.

Chitwood says the child was unconscious when he left the home.

"No question the baby ingested some type of residue from the packages. There’s no question," Chitwood said.

The scourge of heroin almost claimed another life. 16 month old child ingests drugs left behind by household member. Lucky to be alive after being treated at hospital. More to follow.